Today's video Three Wooden Crosses by Randy Travis.
Enjoy!
Sola Melodica exists to uncover redemptive qualities in the art form of music. We focus primarily on hard rock, metal, punk, alternative, and occasionally country.
Good News and Bad News
Typically people want the bad news first.
The bad news is that we are all sinners. You are a sinner and I am a sinner.
Our good works don’t offset our sin.
Plus, there is no statute of limitations on our sin.
Justice demands recompense.
The Good News
God had a plan all along. True justice could not ignore these iniquities and transgression. The penalty had to sufficiently cover every sin that was committed in the past and any sin that would be committed in the future.
Yes, all of them.
As soon as the original sin
was committed, God put His plan into motion.
Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, came to earth sinless and perfect. He lived a life free of sin and transgression. He healed the sick, raised the dead, fed the hungry, and loved fearlessly.
He was the perfect sacrifice for our sin.
A lamb without spot or blemish was sentenced to die a brutal death on our behalf.
Jesus was tortured without mercy. He was mocked, spat upon, cursed, and deserted by His friends. The beating, according to Isaiah, was so ghastly that He could not be recognized as a human (Isaiah 52:14).
He died a horrific death, gasping for air, nailed to a cross.
His death was only one part of the redemption story. The best part was death could not keep Him. He defeated death and conquered hell.
It’s written, “He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification” (Romans 4:25).
The resurrection did not transpire until justification (justice), in the eyes of God, was achieved.
The punches, whipping, cursing, the crown of thorns, nailing, and betrayal was for you and for me.
What Jesus endured was more violent and appalling than anything Quentin Tarantino could envision.
The price for our sins has been paid. There is no double jeopardy in the Kingdom of God.
Our sin is judged in Christ.
That, my friend, is Good News!
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